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WASHINGTON – Local beer and spirits makers are hoping to take it outside. A bill introduced Tuesday in the D.C. Council would give breweries and distilleries some fresh air and larger tabs. Under the plan,…

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A restaurant’s policy to give customers a percentage off their bill on their birthday actually became a 7-cent refund for man who turned 101. Joseph Nelson, who celebrated a birthday breakfast…

At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, I’m going to share my belief that the fiber bar symbolizes everything dysfunctional about our collective relationship with food here in America. For clarity’s sake, I use the term…

DETROIT MUSEUM: DIEGO RIVERA-FRIDA KAHLO “He carried a pistol. She carried a flask.” So reads an ad for the Detroit Institute of Arts’ upcoming exhibition on the year that artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo…

FINANCIAL MARKETS Stocks head higher; Nasdaq touches 5,000 points NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is higher this afternoon as deals and economic news give stocks a lift. The Nasdaq has touched 5,000…

NEW YORK (AP) — Paula Deen has found a new publishing home. Hachette Book Group announced Monday that it had reached a distribution deal with the celebrity chef’s Paula Deen Ventures. Hachette’s plans include selling…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is giving member states the power to ban the cultivation of genetically-modified crops even if they have been approved by the bloc’s food safety authority. The 28 EU member…